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the obama administration considered some of the rebel groups terrorists linked to al qaeda. syria, of course, shares borders with israel, lebanon, jordan, iraq, and turkey. today inspectors from the united nations went to the scene of the gas attack but they immediately came under fire. here's holly williams. >> reporter: the inspectors came under fire as their convoy sped towards rebel-held tart parts of damascus. the syrian government and the opposition blamed each other for targeting the u.n. team. the convoy finally made it to the scene of wednesday's attack on the outskirts of damascus. the inspectors were take on the a makeshift hospital where survivors are being treated and they were able to take blood and tissue samples. in videos posted on the internet of the aftermath, many of the victims are children. "i'm alive! i'm alive! " screamed this girl who appeared to be in shock. opposition groups say both of her parents were killed. the u.n. inspectors' jobs is to determine whether chemical weapons were used, not who used them, but time may be running out as evidence is
the obama administration considered some of the rebel groups terrorists linked to al qaeda. syria, of course, shares borders with israel, lebanon, jordan, iraq, and turkey. today inspectors from the united nations went to the scene of the gas attack but they immediately came under fire. here's holly williams. >> reporter: the inspectors came under fire as their convoy sped towards rebel-held tart parts of damascus. the syrian government and the opposition blamed each other for targeting...
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president obama stood as dr. king did at the lincoln memorial and addressed a crowd of thousands gathered on the national mall. he paid tribute to those who had marched a half century earlier demanding jobs and freedom. >> on the battlefield of justice men and women without rank or wealth or title or fame would liberate us all in ways that our children now take for granted. as people of all colors and creeds live together and learn together and walk together and fight alongside one another and love one another and judge one another by the content of our character in this greatest nation on earth. >> pelley: the president had warned yesterday that his speech would not be as good as dr. king's, which is considered by many to be among the best political speeches of all time. jeff pegues was in the crowd for us today. >> reporter: a crowd of tens of thousands pressed up against barricades on the national mall. young and old arrived from across the country to join a celebration half a century in the making. edith hill
president obama stood as dr. king did at the lincoln memorial and addressed a crowd of thousands gathered on the national mall. he paid tribute to those who had marched a half century earlier demanding jobs and freedom. >> on the battlefield of justice men and women without rank or wealth or title or fame would liberate us all in ways that our children now take for granted. as people of all colors and creeds live together and learn together and walk together and fight alongside one...
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although president obama has not yet made a final decision, u.s. officials expect a strike will begin soon after that. >> pelley: david, what could the syrians do if the united states does eventually attack? >> well, for one they could try to attack the fleet but i think the ships are probably too far offshore and too well defended for that. the other thing, scott, they could try to use chemical weapons again, since it is unlikely a single strike will completely eliminate them. >> pelley: david martin following developments at the pentagon. david, thank you very much. the u.s. view of all of this got a major endorsement today from 22 arab countries. the arab league said that it agrees the assad dictatorship was behind the chemical attack. the whitehouse made a point of saying today that it is not the goal of any u.s. military action to remove assad from power, though that is exactly what many syrians would like. holly william is just across the syrian border in turkey. >> reporter: a father is reunited with his young son who he thought had died in
although president obama has not yet made a final decision, u.s. officials expect a strike will begin soon after that. >> pelley: david, what could the syrians do if the united states does eventually attack? >> well, for one they could try to attack the fleet but i think the ships are probably too far offshore and too well defended for that. the other thing, scott, they could try to use chemical weapons again, since it is unlikely a single strike will completely eliminate them....
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>> reporter: bob, president obama's national security advisor has just sent out a tweet calling what happened in syria an apparent chemical weapons attack. and the commander of u.s. forces in the mediterranean has ordered navy warships to move closer to syria to be ready for a possible cruise missile strike. launching cruise missiles from the sea would not risk any american lives. it would be a punitive strike designed not to topple syrian dictator bashar al-assad but to convince him he cannot get away the w using chemical weapons. joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey is expected to present options for a strike at a white house meeting on saturday. potential targets include command bunkers and launchers used to fire chemical weapons. however, officials stress president obama, who until now has steadfastly resisted calls for military interventions, has not made a decision. u.s. intelligence detected activity at known syrian chemical weapons sites in the days before the attack. at the time, that did not appear out of the ordinary. but now it is part of the circumstantial eviden
>> reporter: bob, president obama's national security advisor has just sent out a tweet calling what happened in syria an apparent chemical weapons attack. and the commander of u.s. forces in the mediterranean has ordered navy warships to move closer to syria to be ready for a possible cruise missile strike. launching cruise missiles from the sea would not risk any american lives. it would be a punitive strike designed not to topple syrian dictator bashar al-assad but to convince him he...